Peter Wright (Formerly, Southwark Cathedral - return to Welcome
Organ Recitals Nationwide
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
Toccata duodecima et ultima
Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Tierce en taille
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in E minor (“Wedge”) (BWV 548)
Flor Peeters (1903-86)
Scherzo (Suite modale)
Richard Popplewell (1935-2016)
Elegy
César Franck (1822-90)
Pièce héroïque
Biography
Peter Wright studied the organ in Cambridge with Dame Gillian Weir and with Flor Peeters in Belgium.
Following 11 years as Sub-Organist of Guildford Cathedral Peter was appointed Organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral in 1989; a post he held for 30 years and he remains an Honorary Lay Canon there. Following retirement Peter was appointed Interim Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral from November 2020 until December 2021 and, less than a year later, was Acting Director of Music at Jesus College, Cambridge to cover sabbatical leave.
Much in demand as an organ recitalist and choral conductor, both here and abroad, Peter enjoys a wide and varied repertoire. He has travelled widely in Europe, Japan and South Africa, and plays regularly with the country’s leading orchestras, both solo and continuo. In 2018 he played an inaugural recital in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland for the Congress of the New Zealand Association of Organists.
Peter Wright is a trustee of the Nicholas Danby Trust which seeks to support young organists of outstanding promise by awarding scholarships and bursaries for conservatoire study within Europe. In May 2011 he was awarded the prestigious FRSCM, in recognition of his work at Southwark and for church music in general, and he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. Now a Vice-President of the Royal College of Organists, Peter became a member of the Council in 1990 and was Chief Examiner from 1997 before becoming President (2005-2008).
